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Ocean State tradition has it that the clams are hard to find in clam cakes, but there's always a tang from the clam juice in the fritterlike batter. The trick is to keep it light and to deep-fry these treats so they come out dry and not greasy. Flo's has been doing it for 70 years, so these folks have got it down.
22. Lobster Pie
Maine Diner
2265 Post Rd. (Rte. 1)
Wells, ME
207-646-4441; mainediner.com
You don't need a shell or a sauce. All you need is a pound of lobster meat, plenty of butter, and crushed Ritz cracker crumbs. Put those three into a casserole dish, bake, and serve. At the Maine Diner, timing and proportions are key, so the lobster stays moist and juicy.
23. Crab Cakes
Riverside Café
151 Main St.,
Ellsworth, ME
207-667-7220
Plenty of fresh rock crabmeat is generously mixed with herbs, bread crumbs, and a bit of egg to form a sandwich-filling cake that stuns the palate with its layers of flavors. Maine's crab cakes are a different animal (literally) from Maryland's, and Riverside's are a prime example.
24. Lobster Roll
Red's Eats
Main & Water Sts.
Wiscasset, ME
207-882-6128; hollyeats.com/Reds.htm
They pile on the lobster at Red's. And the harmonious interaction of that fresh, cold meat, just barely mayo-dabbed, with the warm toasted bun underneath -- well, it just sings of summer!
25. Yankee Pot Roast
The Griswold Inn
36 Main St.
Essex, CT
860-767-1776; griswoldinn.com
Even the phone number touts the Revolutionary heritage of this charming inn, with its dark wood and gleaming brass. The pot roast is flavorful and tender from slow oven braising -- a proud standard bearer of this Yankee tradition.
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Reader Comments
Comment from Denise Chamie on March 4, 2009
12, #14 and #21 are three of my favorites, Jonnycakes (made with Kenyons stoned ground meal of course), and Clear Quahog Chowder, and who could live through a summer in RI without going to Haven Bros. in Providence to have a Lobster Roll.......I miss it all.
Thanks for the memories.
Denise
Comment from Brooke Burton on March 4, 2009
A great list. I think there should be a best seafood pasta category for all of us Italian food lovers!
I suggest Daily Catch in the North End.
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